Hi, JT. You'll find building the XV50 a "snap" after building the K2. It's a much simpler piece of equipment, of course, and most of the circuitry is laid out on one spacious pc board.
Ron AC7AC -----Original Message----- Are the Elecraft XV's any more difficult to build than a K2? To my surprise and limited skills, I was able to build my K2 along with several options successfully with only minor difficulties. My soldering job isn't the cleanest in the world but the rig works as spec'd. However, with that said, I could see my soldering improving as I progressed from stage to stage. My biggest problem is feeding too much solder into the joint. I think I need to switch to a smaller diameter solder. I'd like to procure an XV50 around the first week of October. However, this will be cutting it close time wise for it's intended purpose; the 50MHz Sprint on October 20th. However, this shouldn't be much of a problem as I am currently disabled and have more time than I know what to do with lately. Thanks for any feedback. -- JT Croteau, N1ESE - Manchester, NH _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
